Monday, May 4, 2009
Last Night / Local News
Seen In San Francisco: Unlike Moses, Firefighters Extinguish Burning Bush
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By Joe Eskenazi
on Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:59 PM
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Joe Eskenazi
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San Francisco firefighters discover a light roasting flowers in a planter at the PUC building
New dimensions in mixed metaphors -- Shakespeare and the Old Testament (get ready): San Francisco Firefighters came to extinguish the burning bush, not to praise it.
Very late on Friday, your humble narrator didn't realize there was something unusual about a mesquite barbecue odor permeating Downtown until a fire truck pulled up in front of the PUC Building on Van Ness and McAllister.
A handful of firefighters leaped off the engine and fast-walked up the stairs, where they discovered the source of the smokiness -- the glass in a light illuminating a planter was shattered, and the high-temperature beams were scorching the flora.
A fireman doused the vegetation with his extinguisher -- as Mother Nature would do later that night. All in all, it turned out to be one of the engine company's less intense -- but more photogenic -- calls of the evening:
Tags: Firefighter, Seen in San Francisco, Image
About The Author
Joe Eskenazi
Bio:
Joe Eskenazi was born in San Francisco, raised in the Bay Area, and attended U.C. Berkeley. He never left.
"Your humble narrator" was a staff writer and columnist for SF Weekly from 2007 to 2015.
He resides in the Excelsior with his wife, 4.3 miles from his birthplace and 5,474 from hers.
